Katie Baynes is the Earth Data Officer and Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information at NASA Headquarters, where she leads the Earth Science Data Systems program. She oversees NASA's Earth observation data strategy across a 150-petabyte archive -- including cloud migration, AI integration, and interoperability initiatives anchored to federal open science policy. Katie works at the intersection of data governance, technology, and public stewardship, translating complex systems challenges into policy-relevant decisions for science and society.